The Miami Dolphins situation involving Jonathan Martin and Richie Incognito now moves a bit onto the football field, as the team plays the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night in Week 10 and some news coming out about the situation includes a deadline for the Dolphins involving Incognito.
According to Pro Football Talk, the team must decide whether or not to release Incognito or add him back to the active roster by December 2, as a player suspended for conduct detrimental, according to the CBA, must be under those rules. The suspension can last four games and while they can reinstate him and then suspend him again, the team likely will not do that and with the Dolphins and Incognito trying to deflect the blame into Martin, it will be interesting to see what happens with Incognito. Dolphins players love him and the coaches liked him enough to let him on the leadership council AFTER he molested a woman with a golf club at a TEAM event while drunk, so obviously they know where their priorities are.
The team has an interesting decision to make and Incognito could end up on another team if he makes it through waivers and it should be noted that the Dolphins are in a tough position, as they could make for a hostile environment for Martin the way players have been talking. According to ESPN.com, owner Stephen Ross sent Martin a text message last week to give his support for him in this situation, saying that he wants to give everyone in the organization a comfortable work environment, which clearly did not occur for Martin all this time.
Ted Wells is looking into the situation for the NFL and it will be interesting to see Martin's full statement when he is ready for it. In other news, Jimmy Johnson said that the Dolphins made a mistake in drafting Martin, while many have come out to speak about the culture in NFL locker rooms, including in Miami.
